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Wanda Jennings
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Prior offices
Mississippi House of Representatives District 7

Wanda Jennings (Republican Party) was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing District 7. Jennings assumed office in 1998. Jennings left office in 2016.

Jennings (Republican Party) ran for election to the Mississippi House of Representatives to represent District 7. Jennings did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on August 6, 2019.

Jennings is a former Republican member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing District 7 from 1998 to 2016.

Biography

Jennings attended Memphis State University. Her professional experience includes working as a businesswoman.[1]

Committee assignments

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Jennings served on the following committees:

Mississippi committee assignments, 2015
Military Affairs, Chair
• Appropriations
Education
Fees and Salaries of Public Officers
Judiciary A
• Judiciary En Banc
Youth and Family Affairs

2012-2013

During the 2012-2013 legislative session, Jennings served on the following committees:

2010-2011

During the 2010-2011 legislative session, Jennings served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2019

See also: Mississippi House of Representatives elections, 2019

General election

General election for Mississippi House of Representatives District 7

Incumbent Steve Hopkins defeated Theresa Gillespie Isom in the general election for Mississippi House of Representatives District 7 on November 5, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Steve Hopkins
Steve Hopkins (R) Candidate Connection
 
65.8
 
3,740
Image of Theresa Gillespie Isom
Theresa Gillespie Isom (D)
 
34.2
 
1,943

Total votes: 5,683
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 7

Theresa Gillespie Isom defeated Zelda Hill in the Democratic primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 7 on August 6, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Theresa Gillespie Isom
Theresa Gillespie Isom
 
69.9
 
545
Zelda Hill
 
30.1
 
235

Total votes: 780
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 7

Incumbent Steve Hopkins defeated Kimberly Remak in the Republican primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 7 on August 6, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Steve Hopkins
Steve Hopkins Candidate Connection
 
58.0
 
1,818
Image of Kimberly Remak
Kimberly Remak
 
42.0
 
1,316

Total votes: 3,134
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2015

See also: Mississippi House of Representatives elections, 2015

Elections for the Mississippi House of Representatives took place in 2015. A primary election was held on August 4, 2015. The general election took place on November 3, 2015. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 27, 2015.[2] No Democratic candidates filed for election. Steve Hopkins defeated incumbent Wanda Jennings in the Republican primary. Hopkins ran unchallenged in the District 7 general election.

Mississippi House of Representatives, District 7 Republican Primary, 2015
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngSteve Hopkins 53.7% 1,719
Wanda Jennings Incumbent 46.3% 1,482
Total Votes 3,201

2011

See also: Mississippi House of Representatives elections, 2011

On November 8, 2011, Jennings won re-election to District 7 of the Mississippi House of Representatives. She ran unopposed in the August 2 primary and was unchallenged in the November 8 general election.[3]

2007

See also: Mississippi House of Representatives elections, 2007

On November 6, 2007, Jennings was re-elected in District 7. She ran unopposed in both the primary and general elections.[4]

Mississippi House of Representatives, District 7 (2007)
Candidates Votes Percent
Wanda Jennings (R) 3,016 100.00%

Campaign themes

2019

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Campaign finance summary

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Scorecards

See also: State legislative scorecards and State legislative scorecards in Mississippi

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2015

In 2015, the Mississippi State Legislature was in session from January 6 through April 2.

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business and economic issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.


2014

Personal

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Jennings has been a member of the DeSoto Area Republican Women, Secretary of the DeSoto County Republican Party, Director of the Olive Branch Community Theatre, and a member of the Southaven Chamber of Commerce.[1]

Issues

Yearly gathering

Since 1997, Jennings has hosted a yearly gathering of both current and aspiring Mississippi political figures. In 2011, the topic focused on most in the Jennings living room was education funding. Jennings told her guests that the 2011 gathering represented the largest political gathering of statewide candidates to appear in DeSoto County in the history of her living room forum.[5]

Presidential preference

2012

See also: Endorsements by state officials of presidential candidates in the 2012 election

Wanda Jennings endorsed Newt Gingrich in the 2012 presidential election.[6] She previously endorsed Mitt Romney.[7]

See also


External links

Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
-
Mississippi House of Representatives District 7
1998–2016
Succeeded by
Steve Hopkins (R)


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